| 1 | * CaliforniaDoubling: Averted. The movie was really filmed in both Jamaica and Calgary. They even used the same bobsled track which was used at the 1988 Winter Olympics, which is how they could seamlessly cut in StockFootage of the real Jamaican bobsled team. |
| 2 | * ColbertBump: Thanks to the everlasting popularity this movie has, the real Jamaican bobsled teams always get a nice share of exposure every time they qualify for the Olympics. |
| 3 | * CompletelyDifferentTitle: According to [[BlindIdiotTranslation Google Translate]], foreign titles translate as ''Rasta Rocket'' (France), ''The Apprentice Champions'', ''Jamaica Below Zero'' (Portugal, Israel and Latin America), ''Reggae on Ice'' (Poland), ''Running Below Zero'', ''Coconuts on Ice'' (Czech Republic) and ''Ice Trek''. The Russian title of the film is ''Cool Turns/Banks'' (although the Russian word for the slang "cool" can also literally mean "sharp", which works too). |
| 4 | * DoingItForTheArt: Creator/JohnCandy lobbied hard for his role in this film and even took a pay cut to help keep the budget down. |
| 5 | * FakeNationality: The four Jamaican bobsledders are all played by American actors. Meanwhile, Canadian Creator/JohnCandy plays American Irv Blitzer, while fellow Canadian Creator/PeterOuterbridge plays East German Josef Grool. |
| 6 | * PlayingAgainstType: Singer-actor Leon, who in his cinema acting career had played a ScaryBlackMan in action films such as ''Film/BandOfTheHand'' (opposite Creator/LaurenceFishburne) and ''{{Film/Cliffhanger}}'' (which was released the same year as this film), plays a [[NiceGuy friendly lead character]] who wouldn't harm a fly and stated himself to be "not a boxer," as he quoted early in the film. Instead, the ScaryBlackMan role is held by character Yul Brenner (Malik Yoba) in this film, although for comedic effect. |
| 7 | * RealityIsUnrealistic: Despite what the movie implies, Jamaica was not the first tropical country to compete in the Winter Olympics (that was Mexico way back in 1928) or even the only tropical country competing that year. Also, the idea of Jamaicans in Canada isn't a stretch either. Canada has a ''huge'' Caribbean population, to the extent that one in three Black Canadians are of Caribbean descent, with a majority of immigrants and their descendants being Jamaican (except Quebec, whose Caribbean community is predominantly Haitian due to both primarily speaking French). |
| 8 | * WhatCouldHaveBeen: |
| 9 | ** Creator/KurtRussell was Disney's original choice for Irv Blitzer, until John Candy learned about the project and campaigned for it. |
| 10 | ** Creator/CubaGoodingJr, Creator/JeffreyWright, and Creator/EriqLaSalle were all considered for roles as the Jamaican team. |
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